Wealthy Affiliate Review – Does It Work Or Is It A Scam?

As you might already know, there are literally thousands of programs out there from Direct Sales, Multi-Level Marketing, or just Internet Marketing in general that claim to help you start earning a living from home, but what these programs or companies forget to mention, is their legitimacy, and their ridiculous start-up costs or membership fees.

If you’re interested in learning how you could start earning an income online with Wealthy Affiliate, then please pay attention, for this review will tell you everything you need to know to get started.

Wealthy Affiliate Review

Description: If you want to learn how you could start earning an income online, then this review will help you get started!

Overall Rating: 5/5 Stars

Here’s a few things I’ll be going over within this Wealthy Affiliate review:

What Is Wealthy Affiliate?

What You’ll Be Doing To Make Money Online?

The Community.

Perks You’ll Receive.

Who WA can benefit?

The Membership.

My Overall Recommendation.

Wealthy Affiliate… What Is It?

Wealthy Affiliate (WA) is an affiliate marketing training platform that simply shows you how you could start your very own affiliate marketing business and earn an income from it.

It’s a platform that’s filled with over 800,000 members and counting who all have likeminded goals, and that’s to make a full-time income online while working with other people to achieve it!

The program is founded by two very successful entrepreneurs who go by the names of Kyle Loudon & Carson Lim.

Both Kyle & Carson are very active within the Wealthy Affiliate community offering their expert help and advice to help others succeed, which is very hard to find with other online marketing programs, trust me I know, I’ve tried hundreds.

As for how you will be taught, everything here is step-by-step using video tutorial walkthroughs and is mostly taught by Kyle.

If you’re completely new to affiliate marketing or online marketing in general, then no worries, Kyle will walk you through everything from start to finish.

The hardest part to me about making money online, is finding a program that could take you from the very beginning and walk you to the very end.

Personally, before I found this program, I was always trying out programs that claimed they knew the shortcuts to making money online, but of course the shortcuts led to me wasting my money!

You won’t find that here, and you’ll see once you get started with the training how newbie friendly this program really is.

What You’ll Be Doing Here To Make Money

What you’ll be doing here to make money is simple, you’ll be creating your very own affiliate marketing business through the step-by-step training provided by Wealthy Affiliate!

If you have no clue as to what affiliate marketing is, then let me break it down for you.

Affiliate marketing is pretty much selling other people’s products or services online and earning a commission from each sell you make.

So it’s like taking a product that someone created whether it be physical or a digital, and promoting it to other people online and getting paid for it.

You don’t have to create a product or buy a product to make money, that’s what affiliate marketing’s for!

It’s a really simple process that only takes four steps, but I have to be straight up with you, it will take some time before you see a profit.

But let me assure you now, if you’re willing to put in the work it takes to build out your very own affiliate marketing business, you’ll make more money than your regular 9-5 job, and there’s no doubt about that!

How do I know it’s possible to quit your day job through affiliate marketing?

Because I did and it’s the best damn feeling ever to not have a nagging boss breathing down your neck telling you what to do and how to do it!

Enough with the small talk for now and let me show you the steps that will be taken to create your very own thriving affiliate marketing business:

Step 1: Choose An Interest

All you’re doing here in step 1 is choosing something that you are truly passionate about or have some interest in, this could be anything you like or makes you happy.

When I choose my interest (Niche), I usually go with something that I’m familiar with or want to learn about.

That way I don’t get bored and I’m actually learning something along the way with my business.

So yeah, in this step, just brainstorm what you would want your affiliate marketing business to be about.

If you don’t have an idea right now, then no worries, the training within Wealthy Affiliate will help you out!

Step 2: Build A Website

Just as it states, you’ll be building out a website, and this website will be built around whatever it is you’re passionate about.

Don’t worry, this step is easier than you think, everything is taught step-by-step here at WA.

When I first was told I had to build out a website, I was a bit hesitant to go about this whole business, but like I said before, once I got started with the training, everything fell into place faster than I expected.

You don’t need to know anything about building websites, you’ll learn all that here.

Step 3: Attract Visitors

In this step, you’re going to learn how to bring visitors to your website.

When working online, your biggest key to making money is by having a live audience to sell/promote products to.

With the way things work today though, it’s really not that hard to get a live audience with all the Social Media platforms that exist.

You’ll learn all about social media marketing as well, so you have a lot of things to look forward to.

Once you get your live audience, you then get to the most exciting step of them all… Making MONEY!

Step 4: Make Money

This is the most exciting step that I know everyone can’t wait to get too! Here you’ll learn how to add different types of affiliate products, ads, and many other recommended things that will help put money in your pocket.

That’s all the steps to follow here my friends, and you’ll be amazed on how easy it will be to run your very own thriving online business.

The training provided at WA will run you through everything you need to know, and again, it’s all done step-by-step, and very easy to understand.

All the training is up-to-date, so don’t worry about outdated stuff, you’ll learn the best from the greatest mentors in the biz!

There’s no need to rush here either, you run the show so you work on your own time and pace!

There are currently 5 courses that will get you to the level of success you need, and here’s a sneak preview of what you’ll be learning.

Who Wealthy Affiliate Can Benefit

This platform could truly benefit anyone out there in the world who is looking to make an extra income, but I’m going to name a few others that will truly benefit from this program:

Work From Home Moms/Dads

Retirees

Veterans

People that can’t deal with a boss.

Those who dislike MLM’s.

People who don’t like to wake up for work.

Those looking to sell products online, whether it be their own products or other people’s products.

And lastly, those who want to make an impact in their lives for the better.

This platform is for everyone from all walks of life!

I never thought for a second that I’ll be making a living online, but here I am today telling how I do it and how you could do it too!

The Membership

Like I said in the beginning of this review, WA does give an absolute FREE membership, but if you want to unlock all the great tools that this program has to offer, you would then have to upgrade to the Premium Membership.

Once you make that upgrade, that’s all it takes, there are really no up-sells here!

Below I will go over the pricing and what you get with the Free Membership and the Premium Membership.

Reader Interactions

Comments

Thank you for your detailed review. I think it’s great that you can test out the system before you make a commitment. I also like the fact that it’s a no scam zone (hard to go anywhere these days withouts someone trying to pitch their offer).

Finally, I like the fact that there are no upsells. One program I joined wanted 3K right away after I started a membership.

I didn’t see anything about SEO or keywords in your review. Wealthy Affiliate has a nice keyword tool to help in building out content.Thanks again.

Great overview of Wealthy Affiliate! As another member of the community, I can attest to the astronomical value that the Wealthy Affiliate program provides. The free membership alone has so many features, and the premium membership is truly unbeatable!

While I started out as a free member, I quickly realized that the premium price was actually comparable to the hosting that I would have required to use my own domain so it only made sense to use the free hosting within a premium membership and gain the additional benefits there as well! 🙂

Thanks for the great review and I’m sure it will help out a lot of people who are interested in joining the WA Family!

Hey thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment on my Wealthy Affiliate review, it’s very much appreciated!

When I first started out with this platform, I too was just using the free starter membership, but just a couple days later I upgraded to the Premium Membership just because it had so much to offer for a very affordable price.

I’ll be honest with you, WA has changed my life and provided me with many new opportunities.

If you just stick with the training and follow what is being taught, you will succeed!

Anyways, thanks again for dropping by my friend and I hope you have a great one.

Your review of Wealthy Affiliate is spot on! I found WA a year ago and started my first website after trying other programs that turned out to be just scams. It only took me a few days to realize that this was no get-rich-quick scheme and was a legitimate platform to learn how to make money online.

Kyle and Carson created a wonderful program, and if someone follows the lessons and does the work, they can be successful!

I found WA after attending a competing “opportunity” I found on Facebook. It was during my research phase to find out of it was a legitimate program or not that I happened across information on WA. Basically the review had said beware and if you’re seriously looking check this out instead. It was kind of funny because I didn’t just find one or two but so many touting WA’s benefits.

I’ve been with WA for 7 months now and all I can say is I’m so glad I gave it a try. It offers a community that goes above and beyond to help each other, top-notch training resources and best in class hosting. In fact, I’d rate each of the offerings from best to less best (because there is not worst in my opinion) in the order I just presented them: Community, training and then hosting.

WA’s community is like a social media network but with like-minded, affiliate marketing members. Have a question or want to bounce ideas off of someone, just pop into live chat or post a question and someone will respond (usually more than one person). I find myself on here chatting, almost daily, with others and am actually on it more than any other social media site.

The training is excellent and no only are there recorded sessions but live trainings every week (also recorded for later viewing), community provided training and blogs to follow from people who have been doing this for a very long time and are successful at it.

The hosting is worth the premium membership alone. You get great hosting with caching features, SSL included and so much more, and that’s just with the free membership. Upgrade to premium and suddenly a lot more plugins, themes, hosting options (including your own domain names) open up to you.

One thing you didn’t mention, or maybe I missed it, is yes you can get the free, and I strongly recommend you do as it doesn’t cost you anything but your time to check it out, and you have the option to go premium for $49 a month, which is a steal, but you can also go annual for $359 which equates to $29 a month just paid up front. That’s a huge savings.

Thanks for a great article which is informative, educating and well structured. In my opinion, Wealthy Affiliate is a good way to start your online business journey. It is not easy, but with proper time and investment management, it is possible to achieve something. That something can be a business of your dreams. It is like endless possibilities out there. It is also exciting and challenging to overcome these obstacles in your way and needless to say – the competition. But competition is important to any business or economy. With no competition, the whole business would not bring something valuable to our societies.

I did like that you mentioned a scam world here. So many negative and cheating companies or people trying to trick you and take your money illegally nowadays. I think we all need to learn and remember an old but golden rule here. If it is too good to be true, then a scam awaits you.

The main factor for me is the time when conducting any business. I would say that the more time you invest, the better. And if you catch an eye to some people who would want to join you as a team that’s just brilliant.

Great review! I really enjoyed the reading it and the info you give is so much on point! I have been a member of WA for 4 years now and all I can say is, that it’s the most reliable and professional platform to build a real business online. I’ve tried many places and in my opinion, it is the best! Kyle and Carson are always there to help, which is another thing I like very much about this place. I would recommend WA to anyone who wants to build a lucrative online business!

Thank you for this excellent post and I look forward to reading more from you!

I love wealthy affiliate and I am coming up on my two year anniversary being with them. I especially like all their recent updates especially with their new site comments platform. The fact that I can get paid engaging and commenting on other people’s websites is a huge incentive for me and a big confidence booster for a lot of beginners.

Thanks so much for posting this wealthy affiliate review. I really enjoyed reading it! Wealthy affiliate looks to be an awesome program and compared to other programs it actually doesn’t seem to be that expensive. I especially like the fact that they have a free starter option. I will definitely check them out.

Very quality review! Wealthy affiliate is the most trusted platform that I have found on the Internet.. What I like the most is that we have a chance to earn while we learn so you don’t need much investment. Anyone who wants to make money online with affiliate marketing, Wealthy Affiliate is the right choice.

Hi thanks for the article. You outline the different features nicely. I’ve tried various different online business training with various different levels of success. I tried Clickbank University and whilst this was interesting I am more keen on the website side of things so I think Wealthy Affiliate might be a better match.

I was blogging for two whole years and earned change! I remember thinking that making money blogging was just a waste of time. I squashed it and went onto freelancing and made a full time income there.

Then, when my son got sick, I had challenges supporting him while he got healthy and balancing my clients (since I hadn’t hired yet). When his sickness lasted, I had to let go of my clients, and I didn’t have an alternative income source. It was hard times.

In this hard time, I decided to figure the blogging thing out, and I found Wealthy Affiliate. It has been a gamechanger! I’ve started making affiliate income and so my income isn’t monopolized by actively earned income because I have some leveraged income sources.

It’s a great community, great training, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to make more money or diversify their incomes (as long as they’re willing to work).

I remember a couple of years ago I came across a review for Wealthy Affiliate and I thought it was a complete scam. They were talking about how much money they made and how great everything had been going for them. I was interested in making money online and wanted a steady passive income. For some reason, the name stuck with me and I looked into a couple of months ago and I trusted the person that was giving the review because they looked like me. needless to say, here I am blogging within the WA community. I’m happy I made the choice.

Your advice to choose something I’m truly passionate about for my first website blog sounds very important to me.

Writing is not my best skill so making content for my website, I should be excited about it.

I noticed on the Certification Courses, the last course you have highlighted says ‘writing your content with conversion intent.’ This sounds challenging so I hope the training is easy to follow for this part.

This type of information is crucial as I am a new starter to Wealthy Affiliate. Of course I was skeptical at first and seeing the $49 price tag would make me feel more unsure. But it’s reviews like this that gives assurance and security that you get what you pay for. Well done and thank you so much for all the great information, this will surly help anyone looking to find out more info on WA before they join.

Hey Donald, you could upgrade whenever you please my friend. You could use the free starter membership to see how things work and to see if it’s something that interests you. Let me know if you have any questions at all about anything and I’ll be more than happy to help you out.

I am at the very beginning of the Affiliate Bootcamp and I can’t wait until I have some content and advertisement that is as good as yours is. I also believe that everything you say about Wealthy Affiliate is absolutely true. I have been building a niche website and WA is the perfect hosting platform that there is.

Hey Suzanne I’m glad you are liking Wealthy Affiliate so far, they really are one of the best programs out there that will actually teach you step-by-step on how to create your very own affiliate marketing business.

Also, the thing I like to bring up most is the amazing support within the community.

Anyways, if you ever need help with anything within the WA community, please don’t hesitate to drop by and leave me a message, I’ll be more than happy to help you out.

You said it provides free hosting and I have a couple of questions about that. I wonder whether it protects the sites from spams or not. And one of my sites got hacked a few months ago and you know it just sucks. How is all around protection of this platform?

I think one of the best aspects of Wealthy Affiliate is the community. There’s so much support and openness that it encourages us to keep trying and pushes us to learn. I would recommend it to anyone that needs to little push in the learning process and wants to learn from other real life experiences.

This community is so sure that it offers the best training on the Internet it allows you to have free access and basic training for as long as you like. There is absolutely no pressure to join. Although you can take advantage of the discount membership in your first month. If you choose not to then you may stay free for as long as you like as part of this community what have you to lose?

Thanks to your site, I was able to discover Wealthy Affiliate, which is one of the best decisions I ever made to join them.

I loved the program so much that I actually purchased the whole year membership cause I am really confident that all the knowledge that was shared and that still it is shared thru the community it’s pretty much relevant and useful.

There’s really no other platform out there that I’ve tried to compares to Wealthy Affiliate.

The community alone is great, but the training is something I’ve been looking for.

What a fantastic review you have here Jaime. I still pinch myself at the fact I never found this platform earlier and I urge anyone who is looking at it to just jump right in, you have nothing to lose with the free starter membership.

Like you I really enjoy the community spirit and the amount of assistance you get from anyone who is around when you ask – because of the Live Chat feature – it is just brilliant.

I have never found anything online that gives you so much bang for your buck.. and then even more!

Not just the community is great, I find the step-by-step training is also amazing guiding you through each and every step.

When I go through the training, it feels like someone is literally holding my hand and walking me through it, that’s how thorough the training is.

Like I said earlier, for anyone looking at joining this program, jump right in, it is free to get started so you have nothing to lose.

Thanks Jaime for this great review, you hit all the key points for anyone looking to find out more info on Wealthy Affiliate.

Great Review of Wealthy Affiliate. I have been with Wealthy Affiliate now for about 3 months, I am brand new to affiliate marketing and I couldn’t imagine doing it without WA, I have learned so much. I love the community, everyone is there to help and answer questions. It really is a go at your own pace kind of site. There really are a lot of scams out there and this is definitely not one of them. I feel so lucky to have found Wealthy Affiliate.

Hey this is a really good informative article about Wealthy Affiliate. WA is the best program out there that I know of, there are so many scams and pyramid schemes out there and everyone gets sucked into them. Im glad I found WA with the best training and all the tools I need to successfully build and manage my sites!

For anyone wanting to learn how to make money online, WA is the program to get you started! You really can’t go wrong either, the program is free to get started and gives you 7 days free of their Premium Membership. Thanks again for this great review of WA, you really hit on all the key points.

I have to say I have also been looking for a platform that I can get help with my website issues and according to what you have said about the Wealthy Affiliate community, it is what I have always imagined.

I am going to transfer all myself websites to wealthy affiliate and get immediately in to getting help as well as the certification training. Thanks.

I love posts like this ! Not only do you give an awareness of scams but also a helpful suggestion that I know absolutely is the real deal !

You see I used Wealthy Affiliate to create my online business and have 2 websites that are gaining traffic and revenue and growing.
Trust me! Your readers will be back to thank you if they take your advice! Wealthy Affiliate is awesome !
Mike

I really appreciate the fact that there is no pressure and no required credit card to begin within the WA platform, in essence, what this mean’s is no Hype, just a very clear and real learning process in regards to building your website business at your pace. This include’s plenty of professional adviser’s available 24-7, as well as a structured platform that is easy enough to digest, even for people that are not tech savvy. Thank you for a great post, that is simply the truth, sincerely, Jack

Great review. I also like that you don’t need to rush through the training or to upgrade with Wealthy Affiliate. Their training is pretty detailed and it’s worth taking the necessary time to really understand and apply all the knowledge you will learn there. (Yes I am a satisfied Wealthy Affiliate). Best of luck with your online adventures, Cheers, Karen